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Cloud-based financial management tool for higher education.

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Ellucian Student - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Ellucian Student overview

What is Ellucian Student?

Ellucian Banner Finance is a cloud-based financial management software designed to help accounting teams in higher education manage procurement, fixed assets, accounts receivables, general ledgers, and more from a unified platform. With the finance query module, staff members can utilize a visual dashboard to view spend analysis, and save or share specific queries, facilitating collaboration.

Ellucian Banner Finance enables organizations to manage accounting processes through forecasting, budgeting, and other financial tools. It lets employees create, copy, search, view, and track requisitions across the entire approval queue with information such as assigned buyers and associated purchase orders. Also, account managers can access the research and grants module to streamline the entire grants management process from initial proposal generation to project closing.

Ellucian Banner Finance enables financial teams to access, process, copy, reverse, and delete journal vouchers, including budgets, transactions, or encumbrances. Administrators can create and access regulatory reports for financial statements, such as Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) or Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB).

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Ellucian Student reviews

Overall rating

3.7

/5

39

Positive reviews

59

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend6.45/10
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Pros
“I was not involved in that process or I guess I'm not sure what I like best. Well, the S.O.S. page is nice and it's easier to perform journal vouchers usinig S.O.S.”
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Demetris K.

Senior Accountant

“The new capability of using Chrome is a great feature as well because our entire organization is comfortable with the format.”
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Ryan S.

Accountant - Internal Controls

“Amazing application with many features and modules. Banner Finance in particular is the industry leading software.”

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Cons
“They still use 8 character table names!!! The amount of technical debt means if you even wanted to deploy it as a SaaS product, it is nearly impossible, let alone trying to put it up in the cloud.”
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Nick N.

Director, Enterprise Applications

“It's hard to know what you are doing, and it's very easy to make a mistake that could do a fair bit of damage.”
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Gabrielle C.

Administrative Assistant

“This is a small complaint because it is minimal amounts of typing.”
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Accountant - Internal Controls

Who uses Ellucian Student?

Based on 39 verified user reviews.

Company size

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Small Businesses

Top industries

Higher Education
Education Management
Accounting
E-Learning
Others

Use cases

Financial Management
School Accounting

Ellucian Student's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Ellucian Student users:

Financial analysis
General ledger
Accounting
Bank reconciliation
Financial reporting
Fund accounting

All Ellucian Student features

Features rating:

Accounts receivable
Billing & invoicing
Data import/export
Financial management
Planning Tools
Budgeting/Forecasting
Real-Time data
Purchasing & receiving
Purchase order management
Grant management
For higher education
Fixed asset management
Financial aid management
Dashboard creation
Consolidation/Roll-Up
API
Accounts payable

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Ellucian Student support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Phone Support
Email/Help Desk

Training options

Live Online
Documentation

Ellucian Student FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Ellucian Student?

Ellucian Student has the following typical customers:
Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business

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Q. What languages does Ellucian Student support?

Ellucian Student supports the following languages:
English, Spanish


Q. Does Ellucian Student offer an API?

Yes, Ellucian Student has an API available for use.


Q. What level of support does Ellucian Student offer?

Ellucian Student offers the following support options:
Phone Support, Email/Help Desk

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